Taking time to heal and getting back to basics don't seem too exciting, but quarterback Terrelle
Pryor was looking forward to doing both as Ohio State takes a bye this week.

"We just need to get healthy. I know I'd like to get my legs back a little bit," the junior
said. "Also, I'm going to do some working out, get back to some of the technical sound stuff, like
dropping back, keeping the ball up high, just make sure we take care of that."

With Penn State coming to Ohio Stadium on Nov. 13 to begin a three-week run to end the regular
season, "We've got to be crisp, all together as a team and individually," Pryor said.

Pryor has been crisp much of the season, especially in his passing. He showed up at Ohio State
known as a runner who might be able to develop as a passer, but has thrown for more than 200 yards
in seven of nine games this season.

One reason, he said, is that he has developed an appreciation for studying video, something that
was not his favorite exercise his first two seasons.

"This year is totally different," he said. "I actually love watching it. I actually can sit
back, relax, and enjoy what football really is - the studying part. I enjoy that now, to see what I
can find that will give me some clues what the coverage is, where the blitz is coming from.
Something small like that, it can have an impact on the game."

Bad footwork and other errors of technique can have a negative impact, which is why he said he
was looking forward to honing those aspects this week, much to the delight of coach Jim
Tressel.

"Sometimes you get in the course of a ballgame, and the rush comes in different ways, and you
have to deliver a little bit differently. So to get back to having good fundamental (practices) and
taking advantage of it, kind of like the way he did a great job taking advantage of (Rose Bowl)
preparation a year ago - this is kind of a mini-version of that getting back to fundamental
work."

The key will be the carryover from the practice field to the playing field. Pryor had an overall
great performance at Minnesota, but he also threw an interception near the goal line that bugged
him as well as Tressel. Yet anyone watching the likes of NFL quarterbacks Drew Brees, Brett Favre
and even Peyton Manning at times this season has seen them make throws they regretted.

"I know for a fact they do not want to turn the ball over," Pryor said. "That's the first
mindset we have to take as quarterbacks. And just because they threw picks doesn't mean that they
wanted to. It was just a great defensive play, or they might have made a bad read, or maybe they
were forcing stuff.

"It's kind of cool to see that even guys at the top level, the best of the best, make some
simple mistakes. It shows that you can never be good enough, that you've got to keep working at
it."